Police have a new murder to solve in Belize City. This morning, investigators were summoned to the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery where they discovered the body of Gabriel Tillett, an eighteen-year-old labourer of the Pitter Street area, near Antelope Street Extension. That is a few blocks away from where the youth’s body was found. Someone passing […]
Two fires were recorded over the weekend out west; one of which claimed the life of a mother of three. The fire broke around three a.m. on Sunday in the Duck Run One community and while the property owner’s mother was able to escape unhurt, they would later that day realise that Mendez, an employee […]
The second fire also occurred on Sunday morning, but this time in San Ignacio. Just before dawn, a fire started inside a two-storey house on Second Street with its owner, Leopoldo Waight, inside. The upper flat of the building, where it is believed that the fire started, was wooden and the ground floor was concrete. […]
Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has written to Royal Caribbean Group in response to a letter from Vice President Josh Carroll two weeks ago. In Barrow’s letter, he raises several concerns, including the legal opinion presented by Doctor Ben Juratowitch, the minutes of the meeting from the 2021 NEAC meeting, as well as the proposed use […]
On Monday, the Government of Belize issued a press release reiterating its position on Portico, presumably to get ahead of a fresh round of criticism in light of new revelation that the Briceño administration was advised of the illegality of the Definitive Agreement long before it was presented in Cabinet. The fifty-one page document is […]
The cost of living has been a hot-button issue since before the COVID pandemic subsided. Since then, other events, such as the high cost of fuel, freight costs, and the war in Ukraine have prolonged the inflation that Belize and the rest of the world are experiencing. Nonetheless, there are measures governments can take to […]
Chief Executive Officer Valentino Shal, of the Ministry of Labor and Local Government, led a delegation to Panama City where they attended a regional workshop hosted by the Regional Conference on Migration and the International Organization for Migration. The conference focused on the exchange of experiences regarding migrant workers, domestic and agricultural work, and circular […]
Micro and small businesses that operate within the Orange Walk District took part in the first-ever Fairtrade Market Day on Saturday. Despite a heavy downpour that lasted for the better part of two hours, it did not dampen the spirit of the occasion or the businesses from selling their products. Orange Walk, known for its […]
Over the weekend, the Belize Zoo issued a statement on its social media pages on the passing of Sylvia the Jaguar. Sylvia was an ambassador wild cat that has been a part of the Belize Zoo family for six years and easily became one of the animals with whom visitors developed a bond with. Unfortunately, […]
For the past five years, she’s been known as the Communications & Marketing Director of the Football Federation of Belize and, through her job at the F.F.B., it affords her the opportunity to work with CONCACAF. That opportunity has landed Yashmin Juan in a position she has always wanted to be. She has been appointed […]
The fiftieth anniversary of the Caribbean Community, better known as CARICOM is being celebrated in Trinidad at the forty-fifth regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. On Monday night, we shared with you details of the meeting as it relates to reviewing the accomplishments achieved for the region, including a focus on crime. […]
It’s finally here and promises to be bigger and better than previous years. We’re talking KTV The Remix Season Five and it’s going down live at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts at eight o’clock. Twelve contestants will take the stage in their first public appearance of the annual competition. To hold you over […]
